More Fiction
Snow Angel
I tried waiting for everyone else to get up but that frosty white icing looked too good to resist...
Facts of Life
I pieced her together, building her the way a child builds with Legos, my body following an ancient and secret recipe without my brain even knowing how.
You Get High
Yesterday you told yourself it was the last time, which you’d said before, but yesterday you meant it.
Jim and Jean
The fridge explodes, flames creeping around her, but she feels safe. There’s no sign of Jim, and the dream ends.
Starfish Don’t Bleed
Did I hear a shout? I looked up as a great wave hung in the air, rushed towards us, and your hand wasn’t there any longer.
Resistance
We close the week with the third place winner in our 2025 Fall Flash Fiction Contest - "Resistance" by Laura Nagle.
Mother Said I Was Air
The second place winner in our 2025 Flash Fiction Contest - "Mother Said I Was Air," by Dawn Miller.
Sam & Ruby on the Brink
Today we're excited to share the first place winner in our 2025 Flash Fiction Contest!
The Birth of the Just Imagine Cafe
My mother has lived a nomadic life. One day, she says, she’ll tell me all about it. I can’t convince her that I really don’t want to know.
Liturgy of Light
He’d beam at the crowd of onlookers and chat with everyone who came by his house after dinner to have a look. It was an informal party of sorts.
Nightly Neighbors
I swear I felt the foundation shake last time they crammed generations worth of their family tree up there one time.
Good Samaritan
For a second, his hand loosens enough for you to open your mouth and sink your teeth into it.
